Networks Ignore Bad News for ObamaCare One Week Before Enrollment Dead

March 24th, 2014 9:46 PM
With only a week to go before ObamaCare's sign-up deadline, the networks ignored the law entirely on Monday evening even though the latest estimate has the administration one million sign-ups short of its revised goal. As NewsBusters reported, the networks skipped the story on Monday morning as well. That continues their trend of shelving bad news for ObamaCare, including the low enrollment…

Fox News Mocks CBS for Skipping Fourth Anniversary of ObamaCare

March 24th, 2014 5:00 PM
The hosts of Fox and Friends on Monday mocked CBS News for skipping the fourth anniversary of ObamaCare. After having conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer on to attack the "insane hybrid" that is the President's health care law, Doocy chided, "We mentioned earlier that yesterday marked the four year anniversary of ObamaCare. You know how many minutes of coverage CBS had yesterday?" [See…

CBS Hypes Michelle Obama for 'Praising Free Speech,' Skips Press Black

March 24th, 2014 12:22 PM
Ignoring the most important part of the story, CBS This Morning reporter Jan Crawford hyped Michelle Obama for promoting free speech in China. Yet, Crawford never mentioned that American journalists weren't allowed to travel with the First Lady on her trip. With no sense of irony, Crawford touted, "Michelle Obama hit a hot button issue in China by praising freedom of speech in America." [See…

Mitt Romney on Obama’s Handling of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

March 24th, 2014 9:24 AM
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney had some harsh words for President Obama over his handling of the crisis in Ukraine. Appearing as a guest on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday March 24, Governor Romney reaffirmed statements he made during the 2012 election that Russia was America’s number one geopolitical foe by reiterating that we “really need to understand that Russia has very…

CBS Host Bob Schieffer Wonders Why Obama Didn’t Make Fortune’s

March 23rd, 2014 1:44 PM
“Fortune” magazine just released its “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” list and CBS “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer immediately found it extraordinary that President Obama was not mentioned. Speaking to Fortune’s Leigh Gallagher on Sunday March 23, Scheiffer noted how “Barack Obama did not make the list. Also -- nor did Vladimir Putin. How did you come up with this list?” [See video below.]

ABC, CBS Trumpet Mrs. Obama's 'Ping-Pong Diplomacy' in China; Omit Pre

March 21st, 2014 10:02 PM
Friday's CBS Evening News and ABC's World News both glowingly harkened back to a prominent past example of bilateral exchange between the U.S. and China, as they reported on Michelle Obama's trip to the East Asian country. But they continued their blackout on covering the White House's ban of journalists accompanying the First Lady. During a news brief, CBS's Scott Pelley trumpeted how "…

Networks Ignore Obama's Plug for ObamaCare on Ellen DeGeneres Show, Bu

March 21st, 2014 4:44 PM
While the networks swooned over President Obama's mock interview with comedian Zach Galifianakis, only ABC noted Obama's appearance on Thursday's Ellen DeGeneres Show where he plugged ObamaCare. And ABC focused only on the shallow, touting Obama's exchange with DeGeneres over her "selfie" at the Oscars. Interestingly, they left out the President plugging his health care law. Neither NBC nor…

Sharyl Attkisson Meets Talk Radio: 'Nobody Was Interested' In Hard-Hit

March 21st, 2014 2:18 PM
Former CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson told a Philadelphia radio station on Friday that “nobody was interested in the stories” she was doing on the Obama scandals, or other investigative stories. “Nobody was interested in the stories. It didn’t seem to matter what the topic was. There’s sort of a problem all over, I talk to my colleagues in different mediums. There’s just a lot of…

Networks Shield Government from Blame for 176 Deaths During Government

March 21st, 2014 12:41 PM
When lives are lost due to a faulty product the media point fingers all the way up to the top of the company. Just not when the government owns the company. The broadcast networks have aired 42 reports on the GM safety recall of faulty ignitions; malfunctions that resulted in more than 300 deaths. But in the course of their reporting, ABC, CBS and NBC only once said something that could…

Networks Tout Michelle Obama's Sightseeing and Ping Pong in China; Sti

March 21st, 2014 11:34 AM
All three network morning shows on Friday fawned over First Lady Michelle Obama's visit to China, but the broadcasts refused to mention that reporters had been banned from accompanying her on the trip. On Thursday, NBC's Today and CBS This Morning both insisted the overseas travel was "not political" while ignoring the press corps being left behind.    In a full report for Friday's Today,…

NBC and CBS Declare Michelle Obama's China Trip 'Not Political'; Ignor

March 20th, 2014 4:57 PM
On Thursday, NBC's Today and CBS This Morning dutifully parroted the White House line that First Lady Michelle Obama's trip to China was "not political" but ignored the fact that the press corps was banned from traveling with her on the overseas junket. ABC's Good Morning America skipped the topic. [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump] On Wednesday, Politico's Dylan Byers…

CBS Boosts White House's Final Push For ObamaCare Before March 31 Dead

March 20th, 2014 12:56 PM
Bill Plante acted as a stenographer for the Obama administration on Thursday's CBS This Morning, as he spotlighted the "multi-tiered state and national effort to get young people enrolled" in ObamaCare before the end of March. Plante touted the "supportive celebrity Tweets and videos....and a tongue-in-cheek tool kit that teaches parents how to get on social media and 'nag' their children '…

CBS and ABC Fawn Over President's NCAA Picks: 'Barackatology

March 19th, 2014 11:32 AM
Network journalists on Wednesday fawned over the fact that Barack Obama is again making NCAA basketball picks. On ABC, Good Morning America's Josh Elliott touted, "And finally, the bracketologist-in-chief is at it again. President Obama, as he does every March, making his predictions..." Elliott played a clip of the President insisting he would use big bracket winnings to "pay down the debt"…

NOAA Scientist Disagrees with Networks’ Claim of ‘Historic’ Cali

March 19th, 2014 11:10 AM
This winter the networks have seized on all sorts of extreme weather, making it appear new, exciting or unusual. In the case of the California drought the broadcast networks have been hot and bothered claiming it is “historic.” ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows hyped the California drought, describing it as unprecedented and the “worst drought on record.” But Dr. Martin Hoerling, a federal…